The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-05-26

week and ratified the action of Col r. NJ
Pulslter, President Of the NJ. Il N. G. Rail
road Co., and Col NJ Fain, President of
the North Carolina Company, consolidating
the two roads under the name of the Mari
eta and North Georgia Railway Company
Mr.. Geo. r. Eager said the road would be
extended to Atlanta and Knoxville and
made broad guage
An advertisement in the Augusta News
offers for sale at par and accrued interest.
the first mortgage, 80 years, per cent.
gold bonds OF the Marietta and North
Georgia Railroad Company, issued for the
purpose of changing the guage of the exist
ing road to standard guage width and for
extending the same TO Atlanta and Knox
vile. And thus Marietta is to lose the
terminus of this road that she Graded and
nursed into existence.
Rev. George S. Tumlin, of Marietta,
Ga, preached in the First Baptist Church
Sunday to a large and interested assembly.
He preached an able and eloquent sermon
and the large congregation were highly
pleased, both with the speaker and his ser
mon Mr.. Tumlin left for home Monday
morning having stopped over from the Bap.
tist Convention at Louisville to visit his sis
Mrs &. W, Muir.-Leriagton, KY, Press
Large crowds have been amused for
the past week by attending at night open
air concerts given by DR.. Hawley, who is ad-
vertising patent medicines He has a troupe
of four colored musicians who give real
laughable entertainments Large sales of the
medicines have been made, while the Doctor
jerks out teeth with lightning rapidly.
Free shows always draw.
If you have an engine or machinery of
any kind, now is the time to have it put in
good order before the busy season comes
on Take it to the Phoenix Machine
Works, Marietta which has been full of
work ever since the present proprietor, Geo.
S. Burnap, took it in hand.
AS raindrop foretells a storm, so does
pimple upon the human body indicate
Notwithstanding virus in the blood, which
can be neutralized and expelled only by
DIR. Harters Iron Tonic.
"A crowd of lawyers hardly ever get to-
gethor without relating the many funny in
cidents connected with their professional
practice They are companionable fellows
and have keen relish for good joke. Ma
rietta has as geatlemanly set of lawyers as
you will ind anywhere.
Several young men in the city organ
lied the "West Side German Club last
Tuesday night. Those present were quite
enthusiastic and the club promises to be a
success. Mr. T. w. Glover was elected
president The Club will have their open
ing German this Thursday evening at the
Whitlock House.
Prof Hawley in his lecture the other
night said that Marietta was the prettest
place had the best water and the healthiest
climate of any town that be had been in
and he had travelled all over the United
States The Prof. knows what he is talk
ing about.
All the members of the Baptist Church
are requested to attend Conference first
"Wednesday night in June, as business of
Importance will be attended to.
G. s. TUMLN, Pastor
-FoR sALs-A well broken pony and
a irst-rate mich cow r. NJ. JACKSON,
opposite Powder Springs Railroad Bridge
Marietta.
Some of our citizens have cows whose
milk is so rich that it churns itself into but
ter while being MIXED from the COW into the
bucket 1t cannot be made into ice cream.
The engine from Hill Pros cotton gin
west of Kennesaw mountain, is being over
hauled and repaired at the Phoenix Ma
chine Works.
Its hard to be Niger" but 1T is about
as hard tq be poor white man and run a
farm on on time" with mortgage for a
scare crow.
The map shows that in the extension
of the NJ. a. n Ga. Railroad to Atlanta,
that the route will be on the east side OF
Marietta, BRANCHING off at Elizabeth.
The General Meeting OF the MONDAY
Baptist Association will meet with .the
Woodstock Church next Friday morning,
embracing Saturday and Sunday
Three, four or FIVE rooms of the house
known as the A. n. Simpson place for
rent,
Mrs H. D. McCuteheon, Mrs. Mary
Cook and Mrs. Atkinson are on visit to
Rome.
There is prospect of Judge Brown
buying lot in Marietta if he can get one
70 suit him
Mrs Mamie THORNTON, Of Memphis,
Tenn, is visiting her mother, Mrs Dobbs.
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hardeman
visited Rome last Thursday
Mr.. FL Howell is in the city.